Average wages above their pre-financial crisis level

Resolution Foundation says weekly wages would have been £141 higher without crash

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Average weekly wages in the UK have reached their highest levels since before the economic crisis.

Weekly pay reached £512 in the three months to December. Adjusting for inflation, this is the highest since March 2008.

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